Leaf Expression Systems and John Innes Centre launch collaboration on disease resistant crops

Leaf Expression Systems (Leaf), a contract research and development organisation that produces high value proteins and biomolecules using its innovative plant-based expression system today announced a collaboration with the John Innes Centre.

By using Leaf’s proprietary transient expression technology Supravec^®, in partnership with Professor Mark Banfield’s lab at the John Innes Centre, the team will explore the mechanistic biology of plant proteins involved in pathogen recognition and disease resistance.

The research led by Professor Banfield’s group at the John Innes Centre aims to provide a greater understanding of the fundamental protein biology that contributes to disease resistance of cereal crops.

Insights in this area could contribute to the generation of disease resistant crops, which is an essential development for feeding a growing global population.